Re: (idm) The Onion's review of the Pan Sonic's "A"

From Konstantin Minko
Sent Fri, Feb 26th 1999, 08:05

I read in some review that "A" implements "vague, gravity-defying dub".
Is it
true? For it is hard for me to imagine. Of course I admit that Kulma is
a bit
different from Vakio but dub?... I do not know.

Alien

P.S. Strange beauty is the best to say about them. I love them.

xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx wrote:

> I just got this today.  Completely blown away.  this is minimal and
> stripped to the bone (though track 3 could be a post rock song).  this
> album challenges the listener and makes him question what music really is.
>
> That is not to say it is noise.  Somewhere in the pops, clicks, pulses,
> tones and rumbles is a strange beauty.  In the same way minimal techno
> creates a "zone" this album creates a similar feeling.  But the feeling is
> much more cold.
>
> Pan(a)sonic's best album yet.  By the way, anyone think the title of "A"
> is a slam towards panasonic electronics (for pressuring the name change)?
>
> if you don't like experimental music stay far far away.
>
> -daniel